Residents of San Quentin’s Enhanced Outpatient Program teamed up on Memorial Day to complete a “hero workout” as part of a national event to honor a … [Read more...]
TRUST CELEBRATIONS RESUME AFTER COVID
San Quentin’s garden chapel on April 6 to celebrate graduation from the TRUST family of programs. It was the program’s first graduation in three years … [Read more...]
$70M program trains prisoners in tree care, sets them on career track during reentry
A utility company partners with corrections, teaching the incarcerated to trim trees around power lines in response to rising demand. Scott … [Read more...]
Relative freedom: Donner Earned Living Unit
A cell block last used as overflow housing for Death Row has been transformed into an honor unit for disciplinary-free residents of San … [Read more...]
STUDY: BOARD GAMES CONTRIBUTE TO WELLNESS
New research from University of Calgary shows social and rehabilitative benefits New research and programs highlight the value of board games, … [Read more...]
SAN QUENTIN HONORS VICTIMS
Yard event brings victims’ rights organizations together with the incarcerated Nearly 200 San Quentin residents gathered on the Lower Yard … [Read more...]
WILD HORSES
Prison farm employs ‘gentling’ method to reshape horses, humans Every day, prisoners inside a Wyoming prison farm rise to the challenge to … [Read more...]
NEWSOM: MAJOR CHANGES AHEAD FOR SAN QUENTIN
California’s oldest prison toexpand focus on education,rehabilitative programming California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the proposed … [Read more...]
The Beat Within carries on
Hearts continued to beat and words continued to flow from within as dedicated incarcerated persons bared their souls at the October 30 evening session … [Read more...]
Kairos retreats coming back to SQ
The popular religious weekend called Kairos is being reactivated in San Quentin after shutdowns due to the COVID pandemic. The next event … [Read more...]